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JD’s Top Tools for Personal Learning (2021)

In Technology by JD Dillon

Again?!?! Wow has the past year flown by … and thank goodness for that! Jane Hart’s annual Top Tools for Learning survey is open until August 26, 2021. It provides a snapshot of the tools L&D pros rely on most for their work. The final results are broken down by …

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Training 2022 Conference & Expo

In by JD Dillon

Produced by Training magazine, Training 2022 provides the very best in skill-building content, covering train-the-trainer essentials (design, development, delivery, management, evaluation, and measurement), behavioral analytics, serious games for learning, leadership development, digital learning, emerging technologies, and more. JD will be presenting an education session on learning ecosystem design during the …

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Futurum Research LinkedIn Live

In by JD Dillon

Get Disruption-Ready by Reskilling Your Frontline Workforce Now! Monday, July 12, 2021 @ 11:30 AM EST Join Futurum’s Shelly Kramer as she sits down with JD Dillon, Chief Learning Architect from Axonify, live on LinkedIn to discuss the importance of reskilling frontline workers and the technology solutions that can make …

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Learning Solutions 2021

In by JD Dillon

Learning Solutions Digital Experience is the learning and development event that is sharing what really works in our industry today. This high-energy, 2-week event explores the full spectrum of L&D, leaving you with new ideas, inspiration, and solutions you can immediately use to transform your work. Join us May 3 …

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ATD TechKnowledge 2021

In by JD Dillon

At ATD TK, don’t expect us to follow the same old virtual conference model you’ve seen before. For this event, you’re going to get the TK experience. We’re bringing everything you love about a face-to-face conference to a screen near you (whether at home or in the office). You’re not …

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JD’s Top Tools for Personal Learning (2020)

In Technology by JD Dillon

This may be a very interesting year for Jane Hart’s Top Tools for Learning Survey. How many new tools have you adopted as a result of pandemic-induced changes to your everyday work? I wonder if TikTok will fly up the list. I’ve worked remotely for the past 5+ years. However, …

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TikTok is (not) the future of learning

In Featured, Technology by JD Dillon

Facebook is the future of learning. Wait … YouTube is the future of learning. Hold on … Netflix is the future of learning. You see where I’m going … So why are people now saying that TikTok is the future of learning? Prelude If you’re not familiar with TikTok, you …

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12 use cases for AI in workplace learning

In AI, Featured by JD Dillon

I wrote the article “The Path to AI” for the January 2020 edition of TD Magazine. The purpose of the article was to provide a foundation for how L&D pros can begin to approach the application of AI within workplace learning. Rather than get enamoured with specific technologies or marketing …

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We built a LearnGeek App in 2 hours

In Technology by JD Dillon

We have an app! I’ll give you a moment to let the excitement fade. The official LearnGeek App is the only place you can find ALL of your favorite LearnGeek content for quick and easy consumption. Articles. Podcasts. Events. It’s all curated into our web app for easy access. The …

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Stop piloting! Start experimenting!

In Technology by JD Dillon

Pilot. It’s one of our favorite words in L&D. And with good reason. How can you know a new idea will actually work in your organization unless you try it out first, especially when it comes to technology? We test a drive car. We do a 30-day trial on a …

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My Top 10 Tools for Learning (2018)

In Technology by JD Dillon

How do the tools that help us learn evolve from year to year? That’s the question behind Jane Hart’s annual Top Tools for Learning survey. L&D practitioners from around the world are invited to submit their 10 top tools until Friday, September 21, 2018. Jane will then compile the data …

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My Modern Professional Learning Toolkit

In General L&D by JD Dillon

Jane Hart – the bastion of all things modern workplace learning – recently distilled the latest results of her annual Top Tools for Learning list into a categorized framework. She has also invited other pros to write up their own toolkit lists to get the conversation going and inspire new …

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My Top 10 Tools for Learning (2017)

In Technology by JD Dillon

Are you looking for better tools to strengthen your workplace learning and performance ecosystem? Well, here’s a great place to start! It’s time for Jane Hart’s annual Learning Tools Survey. Thousands of L&D pros from around the world will be sharing the 10 tools they find most effective for supporting …

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Your RFP is missing the …

In Technology by JD Dillon

I didn’t release many RFPs during my time in enterprise L&D. I rarely had a need to play the field of learning technology. Rather, I evaluated my options, figured out what I wanted (and could afford), and went out and got it. Now that I work on the vendor/services side of the industry, I …